Open T-H-E - P-O-D - B-A-Y doors, H-A-L: Air Fortress & Sesame Street ABC | NES Works 144

1987's Famicom arrives once again on 1989's NES, and thankfully this time it holds up nicely. But that's because we're talking about the work of HAL Labs, a creator that rarely missed. Air Fortress looks and plays like a 1987 release, sure, but it sits comfortably within the NES lineup a few years later. It's no Castlequest or Dino-Riki, that's for sure. As for Sesame Street ABC, well, that's actually 1984-vintage material. Literally, it's as old as its target audience. Are you not edutained? Production notes: Available now an exclusively for preorder at Limited Run Games: The NES Era Vol. I: Japan and the Road to NES, a comprehensive photographic atlas of every Japanese console game released from 1979 through the U.S. NES launch in October 1985. Take a deep dive into the prehistory of NES with this limited-edition oversized (12x12"!) photo book: https://limitedrungames.com/products/the-nes-era-vol-1-hardcover Video Works is funded via Patreon (http://www.patreon.com/gamespite) — support the show and get access to every episode up to two weeks in advance of its YouTube debut! Plus, exclusive podcasts, eBooks, and more! NES footage captured from Analogue Nt Mini. Video upscaled to 4K with RetroTink 4X and 720p with xRGB Mini Framemeister.